We recently submitted our application to the IRS for tax-exempt status 🤩. As part of that process, we had to develop a strong response to this question:

Line 1. Describe completely and in detail your past, present, and planned activities. Do not refer to or repeat the purposes in your organizing document.

a. What is the activity?
b. Who conducts the activity?
c. Where is the activity conducted?
d. What percentage of your total time is allocated to the activity?
e. How is the activity funded (for example, donations, fees, etc.) and what percentage of your overall expenses is allocated to this activity?
f. How does the activity further your exempt purposes?

We’re so excited about the clarification of our vision and mission that we couldn’t wait to share it with you. (And, yes, we’re busy updating the website to align with our refined understanding.)

Part IV, Line 1: Your Activities

Creative Crisis Leadership (CCL) is a public charity that harnesses the transformative power of experiential learning, games and fun to create innovative disaster preparedness education tools and spread social resilience and disaster preparedness. We also aim to further understanding of social resilience, disaster preparedness, and community empowerment, and contribute to a broader knowledge base for effective crisis management.

Founded in 2014, CCL has operated under the fiscal sponsorship of Social Good Fund since 2019.

To support its mission, CCL will conduct activities in Design & Development, Public Education and Research. See the 2023 Annual Report for specific examples of past activities.

1. Design & Development

CCL will design and develop engaging learning experiences and effective training materials that increase preparedness, develop train-the-trainer and other supporting materials, and make these products available to community organizations and the general public.

Design and development will be done by paid staff, volunteers and partners working remotely and in local communities, as appropriate. This area will consume approximately one half of CCL time and resources. This activity directly delivers on the CCL mission of spreading social resilience and disaster preparedness.

These activities will be funded through grants, donations, and licensing and sales of learning products.

2. Public Education

CCL will conduct public education activities, delivering learning experiences directly to the public and to partner organizations, and sharing best practices, research findings, and related knowledge through publication, speaking engagements and collaboration.

Public education will be done by paid staff, volunteers and partners working remotely and in local communities, as appropriate. This area will consume approximately one third of CCL time and resources. This activity directly delivers on the CCL mission of creating tools to spread social resilience and disaster preparedness.

These activities will be funded through grants, donations, fee-for-service, licensing and sales of learning products, and event participation fees.

3. Research

CCL will conduct cross-disciplinary research independently and in collaboration with academic and industrial partners, and work to promote knowledge exchange and collaboration across academic, professional, and civic communities.

Research will be done by paid staff, volunteers and partners working remotely and in local communities, as appropriate. This area will consume approximately one fifth of CCL time and resources. Research activities support and inform Design & Development as well as Public Education activities, and deliver on CCL’s secondary mission of furthering understanding of social resilience, disaster preparedness, and community empowerment.

These activities will be funded through grants, donations, and event participation fees.